GOTCHA: Deadly grenade attack slaughters 30 ISIS fighters

IT'S ON: It is thought to be the jihadis' biggest loss of life in a single moment

The soldiers inflicted what is thought to be the jihadis’ biggest loss of life in a single incident.

They destroyed 20 vehicles using automatic launchers to hit the convoy with an astonishing 500 grenades.

The troops targeted the heavily armed vehicles escorting petrol tankers into Isis territory in Syria after spotting them by chance.

All the jihadis were killed and the tankers – containing thousands of gallons of fuel – went up in flames.

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SMASHED IT: Monster automatic launchers destroyed 20 vehicles

“It was an opportunistic attack. The guys really lived up to the motto of Who Dares Wins”

An insider said: “The attack was not planned. The SAS troops just happened to be in the area working alongside some Kurdish rebels at the time the convoy appeared.

“It was an opportunistic attack. The guys really lived up to the motto of Who Dares Wins.”

It is understood the troops leapt into action after spotting the convoy heading towards them.

They quickly moved their Al-Thalab long-range patrol vehicles off the road and on to high ground overlooking its route.

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TROOPS: It was an opportunist attack, revealed an insider

Then the SAS waited until the vehicles came into range before opening fire with MK-19 automatic grenade launchers, which can deliver 60 bombs a minute at a range of up to one mile.

The source continued: “The SAS took out the first vehicle in the convoy using a Javelin guided missile. It took a direct hit and burst into fl ames. Two cars behind crashed into the wreckage blocking the road.

“The SAS troops also destroyed the last vehicle in the convoy so that there was no escape for the others.”

To make sure no jihadis got away, the special forces soldiers opened fire with .50 calibre machine guns, which can cut a man in half from a mile away.

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Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Popular Mobilisation units, monitor the frontline near the Tharthar lake, north of the city of Fallujah